matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Italy has elected Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister, the first female Prime Minister of Italy. She also seems to be a fascist. Here is a decent primer on Meloni and her ties to essentially the descendent parties of the Italian Fascist Party. And you bet your ass, MAGA Republicans are celebrating this and the recent far right wins in Sweden. They want the US to be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilgar Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I hope she ends up like Mussolini. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Not entirely a surprise, and not necessarily out of line with Italy’s political dynamic. It is nonetheless something to be concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 4 hours ago, scoobdog said: Not entirely a surprise, and not necessarily out of line with Italy’s political dynamic. It is nonetheless something to be concerned about. History repeats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 hours ago, matrixman124 said: History repeats Not in that way. Italy has had a few lurches to the right since Mussolini, and as awful as they have been, they are not Fascist awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, scoobdog said: Not in that way. Italy has had a few lurches to the right since Mussolini, and as awful as they have been, they are not Fascist awful. I mean Berlusconi was allied with Meloni's party. They were fascist adjacent for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 At least she'll make the trains run on time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Holy shit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Well if anything can make Facism look cute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 She also wrote a -insert LOTR fanfic https://substack.com/redirect/faca7a9b-20ae-457f-b270-ace882ecdd5e?r=cyw2k The scary thing here is how she weaponized nostalgia and memes to boost her popularity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 minute ago, scoobdog said: Well if anything can make Facism look cute... Hetalia did it first 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, matrixman124 said: Hetalia did it first Don't remind me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, scoobdog said: Don't remind me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I watched the entire first season. I still don't know why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Hetalia is still a guilty pleasure of mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Ace of Base did it first. Fascism loooooooves slipping under the radar in the form of up-beat, popular, funny things. You'll notice how the far-right co-opted meme culture. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Good for Italy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilgar Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Yeah, you would be happy a fascist got elected shithead. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Italians are idiots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 The more shit goes backwards the more convinced I’m becoming that when they tested the large hadron collider it fucked something up on some wacky temporal plane 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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matrixman124 Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Ginguy said: Good for Italy. Yeah the lady who is explicitly against gay marriage and foreigners. Stop trolling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, scoobdog said: Italians are idiots. Italy is fucking corrupt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, matrixman124 said: Italy is fucking corrupt. They can be both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 She's already going all in on the anti-Semitism. Great. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SwimModSponges Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The synthesis is near complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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